how can i get a curl to hold?

I have super straight hair and my hair won't hold a curl to save my life? I have tried everything i can think of plus enough products to fill a pool with. Still the curls fall out of my hair within an hour or so. how can I get them to last all day long?

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Permalink Reply by Delyssia LaBelle {M} on October 13, 2008 at 8:52pm: the key is to be able to wear the curlers longer than you have the curl stay. like one afternoon put your damp/just dry hair into foam curlers or pin curls and wear them all day and sleep on them. thats what it takes for me. there are products out there that will help your hair curl. i just dont use any products on my hair so i dont know much about them, but they are out there. also, ive found that if i do the above long term curler routine that usning no hair spray works best, the product weighs the curl down, keep them light!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marissa Lily on October 13, 2008 at 9:09pm: Some people will always have a hard time with this I think. But they say that it is best to do styles like that on hair that isn't freshly cleaned. Like mine, if I straighten it I can't get it to hold a curl later to save my soul. A good but annoying option is to use a setting product, then curl with a curling iron and then pin the curls back up with bobby pins and let them completely cool before taking them out.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christina Misae on October 14, 2008 at 5:19am: Thanks for the advice ladies. I will definietley try the thermal lotion as a friend of mine said to try as well. I guess I will have to do everything the night before and hope for the best the next day. Thanks again!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ava des Mortes on October 14, 2008 at 4:02pm: The best thing to do is spray setting lotion in your hair when it's wet and also something that will create a barrier between the heat and your hair because you don't want to fry your hair over time. Blow dry your hair and then curl it. Back in the day women used to use setting lotion and I still use it to this day, so does Dita Von Teese. Her hair is straight as an arrow and setting lotion is the only thing that works for her and many other women.

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Permalink Reply by Christina Misae on October 14, 2008 at 5:35pm: i've never heard of setting lotion before. i will have to go to my hairdresser and check it out. thanks

UltimateFetish said:
The best thing to do is spray setting lotion in your hair when it's wet and also something that will create a barrier between the heat and your hair because you don't want to fry your hair over time. Blow dry your hair and then curl it. Back in the day women used to use setting lotion and I still use it to this day, so does Dita Von Teese. Her hair is straight as an arrow and setting lotion is the only thing that works for her and many other women.

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Permalink Reply by Ava des Mortes on October 14, 2008 at 10:48pm: Do you have a Sally Beauty? That's where I get everything! Setting lotion is a very old school way to do your hair but it WORKS!

Christina Misae said:
i've never heard of setting lotion before. i will have to go to my hairdresser and check it out. thanks

UltimateFetish said:
The best thing to do is spray setting lotion in your hair when it's wet and also something that will create a barrier between the heat and your hair because you don't want to fry your hair over time. Blow dry your hair and then curl it. Back in the day women used to use setting lotion and I still use it to this day, so does Dita Von Teese. Her hair is straight as an arrow and setting lotion is the only thing that works for her and many other women.

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Permalink Reply by Edson C. {PL} on October 14, 2008 at 10:55pm: ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christina Misae on October 15, 2008 at 10:06am: there's one by my work. i will stop by afterwards one day and see if i can get some.

UltimateFetish said:
Do you have a Sally Beauty? That's where I get everything! Setting lotion is a very old school way to do your hair but it WORKS!

Christina Misae said:
i've never heard of setting lotion before. i will have to go to my hairdresser and check it out. thanks

UltimateFetish said:
The best thing to do is spray setting lotion in your hair when it's wet and also something that will create a barrier between the heat and your hair because you don't want to fry your hair over time. Blow dry your hair and then curl it. Back in the day women used to use setting lotion and I still use it to this day, so does Dita Von Teese. Her hair is straight as an arrow and setting lotion is the only thing that works for her and many other women.

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Permalink Reply by Christina Misae on October 15, 2008 at 10:07am: Nice picture. That's going to be me. But hopefully hotter
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Permalink Reply by Soda Shop Sue on October 17, 2008 at 7:57am: wet to set!!!

foam curlers!!!
put them in the evening, tie a silk skarf around your head, sleep with them in, and next day, take them out... of you could tie them up cute with a silk skarf and even wear them out on the town, i do!

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Permalink Reply by Christina Misae on October 17, 2008 at 4:36pm: thanks for all the advice!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Seanna {M} on October 17, 2008 at 4:45pm: What a cute vision!

Soda Shop Sue said:
wet to set!!!

foam curlers!!!
put them in the evening, tie a silk skarf around your head, sleep with them in, and next day, take them out... of you could tie them up cute with a silk skarf and even wear them out on the town, i do!

xoxo Soda Shop Sue; ▶ Reply to This